West end of Oak Ridge retail site plan OK’d

The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission has approved a site plan for a new retail store on the west end of the city.

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By Beverly Majors

Oakridger - Oak Ridge, TN

By Beverly Majors

Posted Mar. 28, 2013 at 9:25 PM
Updated Mar 28, 2013 at 9:29 PM

By Beverly Majors

Posted Mar. 28, 2013 at 9:25 PM
Updated Mar 28, 2013 at 9:29 PM

Oak Ridge, Tenn.

The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission has approved a site plan for a new retail store on the west end of the city.

The 10-member Planning Commission voted 7-0 to approve the site plan and a landscaping alternative for a Dollar General Store to be located on the property between Fire Station No. 1 and the shopping center across the Oak Ridge Turnpike from West Lincoln Road.

Members Lauren Biloksi, Linda Brown and Austin Lance were absent.

Community Development Division Manager Monica Carroll told the Planning Commission some “housekeeping matters” and a zoning issue still had to be resolved before the deal could be finalized.

Carroll said an access, or easement, issue was also still in question.

City Council deferred a decision on a similar land plan and zoning ordinance connected to property at 2095 Oak Ridge Turnpike during a recent meeting. Council, however, approved rezoning the 1.16-acre parcel during a February meeting.

Carroll said a Dollar General representative is working with adjacent property owners about the access issue, and had addressed the landscaping alternative plan.

The alternative plan is to add shrubs to the landscape in addition to trees because of the utility lines.

The easement issue has to do with reconfiguring the left turn access to the shopping center from the Turnpike near West Lincoln.